Primary and Secondary Data Flashcards
What is meta-analysis?
Where researchers pool data on a particular topic, it uses second airy data because data studied isn’t firsthand.
Why is primary data expensive to obtain?
Eat researcher has to start from beginning of study and follow whole study through (funding, participants, organising, running)
Why is secondary data cheaper?
It already exists, you don’t have to fund it.
What is an example of secondary data?
Goldstein
Government statistics
How is primary data gathered?
Firsthand from source, directly by researcher
Why should primary data be more valid than secondary data?
The study is designed and carried out for the main purpose of research
Operationalisation is done with research aim in mind so likely to have validity with regard to aim
Which type of data is usually gathered by psychological studies and may be more recent?
Primary data
What is an example of primary data?
Milgram
What is secondary data?
Data that has been gathered by someone else and are used by someone else for further research
Why is credibility questioned in regard to secondary data?
The data may be covered for one purpose and used for a different purpose
Why is there an element of subjectivity with secondary data?
It is often already analysed
Why is primary data likely to be more recent?
It’s likely to be gathered at the time of study and conclusions are drawn then
Hi could you check the reliability and validity with secondary data?
It can be a from different sources so there’s a possibility of comparing data
